Creative Masking
Star mask in place
Creative masking can produce wonderful results. If done properly, you'll end up with a roll of pictures featuring an abstract shape in the middle.
How do I do it?
- Print out a shape.
- Cut it out of black card.
- Stick it over your 6x6 mask.
- Shoot roll, stopping once you've shot frame 12. Do not advance, or it'll make things trickier.
- In a completely dark room/changing bag, carefully rewind the film onto its original spool.
- Take out the mask and shoot the roll as normal, and then develop!
Here's my star shape, complete with cropping marks. Cut out a square marked by the corner crop marks, then cut out the star shape in the middle. If you try this technique, don't forget to post your results in the squarefrography group for us all to see! It doesn't have to be a star, it can be any shape you want so go nuts!
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